总部位于香港的程伟宾律师事务所近日开启投资基金业务领域，并迎来基金律师张伟健（Gaven Cheong）以合伙人身份加盟并出任该业务负责人。此前，张律师在西盟斯律师事务所香港办公室担任合伙人。

张律师在基金领域具有超过15年的执业经验，他的执业领域集中于多种集合投资计划的结构搭建，包括对冲基金、房地产基金、私募基金等。张律师在加密基金及其监管建议领域亦有涉猎。 在西盟斯之前，他还曾先后执业于史密夫斐尔律师事务所、高伟绅律师事务所、盛德律师事务所。

这是程伟宾律师事务所继今年8月迎来李江陵（Chiang Ling Li）律师后的最新一起合伙人级别招聘。张律师加盟后，该所共有九位合伙人。

HK: PwC-linked Tiang launches investment funds practice with Simmons hire

Tiang & Partners, a Hong Kong firm that works closely with PwC’s global legal network, has hired Gaven Cheong as head of its investment funds practice from Simmons & Simmons.

Cheong’s previous employers include Herbert Smith Freehills, Clifford Chance, and Sidley Austin. He joins Tiang a couple of months after the firm hired Chiang Ling Li as its IP head.

With over 15 years of experience in funds, Cheong’s practice focuses on the establishment and structuring of various collective investment schemes including hedge funds, real estate funds, and private equity arrangements, and the provision of regulatory advice in relation to investment management activity generally.

Cheong also has experience in crypto fund formation and regulatory, having helped obtain the first regulatory licences in Hong Kong for the management of a fund of crypto funds and a pure virtual assets fund.

With Cheong’s arrival, Tiang now has nine partners.

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